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The thing that attracted me about philosophy was that it went straight to essentials. I had never liked fiddling detail; I perceived the general signi...more

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One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

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(About Sartre...)His death does not separate us. My death will not bring us together again. That is how things are. It is in itself splendid that we w...more

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I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and ...more

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It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way...more

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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

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I’ve done everything I wanted to do, writing books, learning about things, but I’ve been swindled all the same because it’s never anything more.

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The misfortune is that although everyone must come to [death], each experiences the adventure in solitude. We never left Maman during those last days....more

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Yet I loathe the thought of annihilating myself quite as much now as I ever did. I think with sadness of all the books I’ve read, all the places I’ve ...more

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I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.

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I didn't know the first thing about the people around me, but that didn't matter: I was in a new world; and I had the feelings that at last I had put ...more

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All those minds that are interested in finding out the truth communicate with each other across the distances of space and time. I, too, was taking pa...more

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All she had to do was make the simplest of gestures - open her hands and let go her hold. She lifted one hand and moved the fingers of it; they respon...more

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Have you ever felt in your inmost being, the conscience of others?' again she was trembling, the words were not releasing her. 'It's intolerable you k...more

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Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.